Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162) and index.
Contents
New science of the earth -- Lessons from the geologic past --System interactions -- Humanity : an agent of global environmental change -- Global warming -- Food, water, and changing climate -- Coastlines and rising seas -- Ozone layer and ultraviolet radiation -- Vanishing forests and vanishing species -- Lakes, forests, and acid deposition -- Global change and our common future / Gro Harlem Brundtland.